The M and J Nelson Building (also known as the J. C. Penney Building) is a building in downtown McAllen, Texas, that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
M and J Nelson Building | |
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  M and J Nelson Building  M and J Nelson Building | |
| Location | 300 South Main Street. McAllen, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 26°12′05″N 98°14′07″W / 26.20126°N 98.235250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1949 |
| Built by | Morris Randall Nelson and Jack Nelson |
| Architect | Gillette and Bell |
| Architectural style | Modernistic |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000962[1] |
| RTHL No. | 12060 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 1, 2008 |
| Designated RTHL | 2007 |
It is a three-story reinforced concrete two-part commercial block building built between 1948 and 1950 for the J. C. Penney Company. It was built in Streamlined Moderne style, with horizontal bands of red and buff brick and cast stone trim, and with aluminum entrance doors and stair rails and two exterior display cases at its Chicago Avenue entrance.[2]
It was one of few buildings in McAllen having an elevator at the time it was built, and one of few with air conditioning.[2]
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Rachel Leibowitz; Sonia Falcon; Xavier Cervantes; Carolynn Nelson (March 24, 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: M & J Nelson Building". Texas Historical Commission.
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